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École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne

École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne

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École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne, also called École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (literally meaning "Saint-Étienne school of mines") or simply Mines Saint-Étienne and commonly abbreviated EMSE is a prestigious French graduate engineering school (grandes écoles) training engineers and carrying out industry-oriented research. Its function is to support the development of its students and of companies through a range of courses and fields of research, from the initial training of generalist engineers ingénieurs civils des mines, to PhD teaching; from material sciences to micro-electronics via process engineering, mechanics, the environment, civil engineering, finance, computer science and health engineering.

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History

The school was founded in 1816 by a decision of Louis XVIII (2 August 1816).

Admission for French students

For French nationals, admission to Civil Engineer of Mines is decided after competitive examination at the end of preparatory classes, a highly selective system.

Notable alumni

The puRkwa Prize

The puRkwa Prize is an "international prize for the scientific literacy of the children of the planet" awarded annually by the école nationale supérieure des mines of Saint Etienne and the French Academy of Sciences. The prize is awarded to pioneers in the innovation of general science education in school curricula for children less than 16 years of age. It was launched in 2004 at the initiative of Robert Germinet, the director of the école nationale supérieure des mines of Saint Etienne, and comes with an €80,000 monetary award.[4]

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Other schools of Mines in France

Other schools of Mines in Africa

Other schools of Mines in the USA

Notes

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    "IMT Saint-Étienne - CGE". CGE. Conférence des grandes écoles. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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    "Marcelle SCHRAMECK". www.janinetissot.fdaf.org. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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    Fondation de l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne (2007). Le Prix puRkwa: Prix international pour l'alphabétisation scientifique des enfants de la planète [The puRkwa Prize: International prize for the scientific literacy of the children of the planet] (PDF) (Brochure) (in French, English, and Spanish). Saint-Étienne, France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-01.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    "Le Prix puRkwa: Prix international pour l'alphabétisation scientifique des enfants de la planète" [The puRkwa Prize: International prize for the scientific literacy of the children of the planet] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
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    "Communiqué de presse" [Press release] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. 2006-03-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
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    "Le Prix puRkwa Lauréats 2007" [The puRkwa Prize 2007 Award Winners] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
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    "Lauréats 2008" [2008 Award Winners]. Le Prix puRkwa (in French). l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
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    "Communiqué de presse" [Press release] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. 2010-03-24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2010-09-01.

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